Govind Vasantha (born 29 October 1988) is an

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singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, and

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who works predominantly in

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and

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films. He is one of the founding members of the musical band

Thaikkudam Bridge Thaikkudam Bridge is a Kerala-based multi-genre music band, founded and formed in 2013 by Govind Vasantha and Siddharth Menon. The band first became famous through the musical show ''Music Mojo'', which used to telecast on Kappa TV and with th ...

, in which he is a

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and violinist. He won the

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for his work in '' 96''.

Personal life

He is from a musical family in

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, Kerala. His father Peethambaran’s elder brother Gopinathan was a Carnatic musician and his early exposure to music has been through his uncle. Govind changed his surname from Menon to Vasantha, taking his mother's name, becoming Govind Vasantha as an effort towards removing caste, providing an equality even on name-optics which was revealed by

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on a show on a Tamil television channel. Govind Vasantha is a founder member of the musical sensation

. His father Peethambaran has been a star performer of Thaikkudam Bridge, since his retirement from the Government Services in the Irrigation Department in 2012.

Filmography

; As composer

References

External links

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